Posted by sac on May 21, 2004, at 15:27:35
In reply to Re: Sick of these mood stabilizers, posted by Rachel Terese on May 20, 2004, at 21:19:31
Hi, yes I am also on Prozac 20 mgs. The trouble with Lamictal is that when I was up to 200 mgs. a day, I would also get very agitated so I was needing to take Serax every day just to deal with the agitation. Once I backed off to 100, the agitation has gone away but I'm still depressed. I seem to have a love/hate relationship with Lamictal. It works great when I first start it (because I've done this before... stopped it for a while and then started again) but then after I'm on it for awhile, I start feeling depressed and apathetic.
> Hi- I have been on lamictal for 5 weeks and had never felt so depressed in my entire life. I, like you was ready to completely give it up. I cried nonstop everyday for no reason. I am currenly on 200mg/day and just a few days ago started to feel better. I don't know why in the beginning it feels hopeless, but I think you should give it a little more time. Maybe ask your doctor about a low dosage ssri. I take 20mg paxil and that maybe has also helped as well. Do you take anything else? I as well have tried lithium and hated it. I hope you feel better.
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